Behavioral manipulation of host caterpillars by the primary parasitoid wasp Cotesia glomerata (L.) to construct defensive webs against hyperparasitism

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 570-577

  Tanaka, Shingo ^a   Ohsaki, Naota ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti parasitoid defense; Defensive structures; Host manipulation; Hyperparasitoids; Pieris brassicae

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATERPILLAR; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; SUPERPARASITISM; WASP;

COTESIA GLOMERATA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; TRICHOMALOPSIS;

EID: 33746448211     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0153-2     Document Type: Article

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